Flour-sprinkler.



U. P. WAGNER.

FLOUR SPRINKLER.

APPLICATION FILED r3342, 1914.

- Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

\xms Alum \wmmwsx I *om'rnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GLYLDE 1?. WAGNER, 0F JOEL-IN, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OVEBTONH. GEN'IRY, OF JOPLIN. MISSOURI.

FLOUR-SPRINKLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

Application filed February 12, 1914. Serial N 0. 818,422.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, CLYDE P. WAGNER, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Joplin, in thecounty of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Flour- Sprinklers, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in flour sprinklers and isdesigned especially as a device for sprinkling flour in an even anduniform coating, over any desired surface, although hereinafterdescribed in connection with a dough brake or roller. In many cases itis customary to apply the flour, during the Working of the dough throughthe brake, by hand, taking the flour from a receptacle locatedconveniently at one side of the machine. A great deal of flour is wastedin this manner, and the flour is not uniformly and evenly distributedand necessitates sweeping the surface of the dough by hand of theoperator, which frequently results in the operator having his handcaught between the rollers. utilization of my device, theseobjectionable features are eliminated, the surface is uni formly andevenly coated, both material and time are economized, and further thedevice provides an efficient and facile instrumentality for performingits functions.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a flour sprinkler embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the flour sprinkler. Fig. 3 isan enlarged transverse sectional view on line AA of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is anenlarged perspective view of the joint between the connecting link andoperating link. Fig. 5 shows the treadle joint with the connecting link.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as illustrated in thedrawings I utilize a flour box rectangular in shape and comprising thesides 1, 1, a screen bottom 2 and end boards 3, 3. This box is ofsuitable dimensions and depth and is adapted to be reciprocated to shakeor agitate the flour therein and sprinkle it through the screen bottom.To guide the flour box in its re- By the ciprocation I provide thesideboards 4 and bottom strips 5, 5, the former to prevent lateralmovement of the box and the latter to provide a support for the box toslide upon. The guide boards and supporting strips are suspended bymeans of a plurality of posts 6, 6, attached to a suitable overheadmember, and these posts are oined by transverse or cross bars 7 which,together with the obliquely extending rear bars 8 and cross bar 9, formthe supporting frame for the box to move in. A spring 10 is attached tothe forward end of the box, and at 11 is attached to the cross bar 9 bymeans of a thumb nut so that the tension of the spring may be increasedor diminished as seems desirable, to govern and regulate the movement ofthe flour box. At the rear of the frame and extending from one sideboard 4 to the other, a stop bar 12 is attached. This bar serves as astop for the rearward movement of the box, but in addition, it alsoimparts a jar to the box to assist in shaking the flour containedtherein to sprinkle it through the screen bottom. The mechanism forimparting the reciproeating movement to the flour box includes a bolt 13attached at the rear end of the box and fixed to the upright operatinglink 14, which is pivoted at 25 to a platform or fioor upon which themachine is supported.

By means of the hinge joint 15 a connecting link 16 is pivoted to theoperating link, and at 17 the connecting link is pivoted to the treadle18 that is pivoted in the bracket 19 fixed to the floor or supportingplatform.

A section of fabric 20 is suspended from the side boards 4 and extendsdownward at each side thereof to the brake hopper 21, to retain theflour and prevent it falling outside of the hopper. It will be notedthat the fabric at the near side of Fig. 1 has been omitted in theinterest of convenient illustration, and for the same purpose bothfabrics have been omitted from Fig. 2.

The dough rollers are indicated by the numbers 22 and 23, and 24indicates the platform for receiving the dough after it passes throughthe rollers.

Before the dough is thrown into the hopper 21, a coating of flour mustbe sprinkled over the bottom of hopper or trough to prevent the doughsticking. The dough is then thrown into the trough and an 22 23 betweenwhich it is to be compressed into a sheet. v

The flour sprinkler is actuated by pressure on the foot piece of thetreadle 18, and

through the connections with the connect ing link and operating link,the box isv moved to the right in Flgs. l and 2. \Vhen pressure isreleased from the treadle, the spring 10 returns the box pulling it tothe left in Figs.- land 2. The box is bumped against the cross bar 12and the contents are agitated and shaken, so that a continuation of thetreadle movement andspring movement in alternation causes the box to bereciprocated and the flour is uniformly sprinkling box with a screenbottom, a cross bar in the frame, a spring attached thereto andconnected to the box, a stop bar in the 1 frame,- and means for movingthe box against the-tension of the spring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.J V 1 CLYDE P. WAGNER. Witnesses:

MYRTLE E. WATERMAN, JOHN W; NEWTON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for fiye cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 0! Patents,

Washington; D.- 0..

